An investigation into current attitudes towards English at the University of the Western Cape

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1997

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Stellenbosch University

Abstract

This work-in-progess paper describes the writer's current research into the language attitudes, preferences and usage of the student speech community at the University of the Western Cape. It specifically looks at responses to questions on English which formed part of a larger survey questionnaire on South African languages, and attempts an analysis of these results.

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Language, Attitudes, English, Higher education, Language policy, Language of learning

Citation

Dyers, C. (1997). An investigation into current attitudes towards English at the University of the Western Cape. Per Linguam, 13(1): 29-38